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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
4
A damaged clipping from a 1925 issue discusses suppression, enforcement of Prohibition, and political tensions. It notes a federal judge in Alabama on liquor law limits, reflections on law and liberty, and references to local leaders and naval ranks in Lawrence. It alludes to changes in authority and social debates of the era.
The article surveys the shifting control of the diamond trade toward American power, noting how a century of colonial labor and global mining has culminated in U S influence among bankers and manufacturers. It reflects on human passions sparked by diamonds, mentions Eddie Rickenbacker, postwar rates, and calls for avoiding strikes by heads of operators meeting front-line leaders.
Prince Aage of Denmark, wounded in Morseees as a captain in the French Foreign Legion, is famed as a democratic and attractive royal figure nicknamed the American Prince. He is the eldest son of Prince Waldemar, nephew to the Dowager Empress of Russia, and linked to the Greek king, with Danish Life Guards training and wartime service with the Allies. In 1914 he married Countess Calvinin Bergolo, daughter of the Italian minister to Denmark.
Warsaw the chief city of Poland reportedly fell to Austro-Hungarian and German forces. Dublin marks the 50th anniversary of Daniel O Connell s birth. France unveils memorials to Maupassant on his 73rd birthday. An international convention opens in Kaila as committees draft a federal factor vehicle bill in Washington. Bishop Schrembs sails to bring the body of Saint Christine to Cleveland for interment in the cathedral.
In Boston a continuance was granted to Mrs. Ida M Blankenburg in probate court to answer contempt charges linked to her testimony about being daughter of actress Lottie Crabtree. She posted a $1,000 bond as prosecutors file perjury specifications and allow counsel time to review them before the Thursday hearing.
A scattered collection of notes mentions Prof A J Garrath gathering botanical items for Philadelphia, Dr James Naismith at a Geneva Wisconsin conference, and Prof B H Bailgat at home. It records a glacier study by Erna Barteldes, travel plans of Mrs A Monroe and Misses Annie and Mary Monroe to Seabright New Jersey, and local farm threshing with 5092 bushels at J Gordon Gibb’s farm. An infant drowned near Beloit, Kansas.
Visitors observed officers presenting film sets and other entertainments to M National Guard members at an event. Cap H Canna and Sam P Moyer of the Haskelt organization attended, noting officers have access to several such sets for surprises during company gatherings.
A political speech from Lawrence Kansas on November 23 1924 pleads for real statesmen to lead the nation and cites Washington Lincoln Coolidge and Dawes. It argues for unity and aid to Europe while stressing biblical duties and brotherhood as guiding principles. Five people are injured in an Aug 4 Chanute accident near Humboldt. The report lists Mrs G A Laude Mrs Merton Laude Mrs T B McClaren James Michaels and Joe Scott as injured. details note broken bones and bruises.
A former Lawrence resident, William E Hoffman, head of biology at Canton Christian College, recounts his time as a refugee in Hong Kong during the Chinese outbreak. He writes of Canton fighting, shell bursts near campus, and soldiers and civilians fleeing as ships gather on the Pearl River.
In Granite Gorge a drifting pair, Potts and Bob, wait beside a ford as Potts cooks a stew from scraps and a river, recounting the trestle dangers and the Gorge’s grim history. Aboard the Through trains, Old Witch lore and road peril frame their desperate night, hinting at future trouble.
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